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   dumb·bell

   /ˈdəmˌbel/

   noun

   • 1. a short bar with a weight at each end, used typically in pairs for exercise or muscle-building.
   • ▪ shaped like a dumbbell: "a dumbbell molecule"
   • 2. a stupid person. informal North American

   Word Origin early 18th century: originally denoting an apparatus similar to that used to ring a church bell (but without the bell, so noiseless or ‘dumb’); dumbbell (sense 2) (dating from the 1920s) is an extended use by association with dumb ‘stupid’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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   • U

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